Book description
In the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of
Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long
hours on call, Isabel finds herself isolated and lonely as she strives
to adjust to the realities of married life.
Woken by intense cold one night, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat
hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth, she
starts to dream. And not long afterwards, while her husband is out,
she is startled by a knock at her window.
Outside is a young RAF pilot, waiting to come in.
His name is Alec, and his powerful presence both disturbs and
excites her. Her initial alarm soon fades, and they begin an intense
affair. But nothing has prepared her for the truth about Alec's life,
nor the impact it will have on hers ...
Helen Dunmore is an internationally acclaimed writer whose works
include novels, poetry, short stories and writing for children. She has
won the Orange Prize for
A Spell of Winter
, the McKitterick Prize and first prize in the National Poetry
Competition; she has also been shortlisted for both the T S Eliot Prize
and the Whitbread Novel Award. Her books have been translated into
twenty-eight languages, and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Literature.
The Greatcoat
is her first ghost story.
